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enrib, Sommat kinda disnay add up, in respect of your claims re tool life. All employees in that Garret fixing section must have been built like Popeye, and working 24/7 forby. Anyway such misuse and abuse of tools simply tells me that someone (incl perhaps the Snap-on rep, were failing to identify the correct methodology for removing these seized bolts. There are means other than a simple spanner, incl simply welding a square or hex section of bar to the bolt head, the intense localized welding heat also being perfect to assist breaking the bond. etc etc.

thanks for that, cheers marcus

Generally an apparently superficial inspection of the care taken in the design and manufacture, i.e. how the item is sculpted & finished. can tell a lot. for spanners avoid big clumsy akward ended ones=cheap rubbish. toolsteel is cheap, the finish costs money, irrespective of the brand. Having said that I bes a sucker for Bacho stuff. And other than buying a reputable brand name, punchs and chisels are a proper "pig in a poke"

Presumably!

Fails on all the "S"sss Shape Shine Shadow Silhouette. Or was it just failed on the brakes?

Probably delivering to a submarine

By that I mean, do commerical harvesting operations give any consideration to sap levels, and if they dont, why does the traditional (as I understand it) wisdom dictate that we should only cut trees when the sap is down. Or does this only apply to hardwoods/ be more pertinent to hardwoods? In respect of less potential for shaking I appreciate that in Scandavia the ground being frozen and snow covered is part of their particular metholodgy. Cos I am considering cutting some Sitka to get a chance to play with my sawmill, so will the timber be relatively useless if I do fell it now (but not that worried as I need to start somewhere and can use it to make raised veg beds for the wife) regards, Marcus

BINGO As seen in OUR local community and repeated across ALL others. Hey its "free money"

(i) I got a sawmill (well I will have shortly) (ii) I got "unlimited" Sitka and Lodgepole Pine to cut. (unlimited being for me to cut during the remainder of my lifetime) (iii) I am "handy" and reasonably multi-skilled. SO How best do I turn my trees into "added value" cash, bearing in mind rural located with low population, but near the seasonal high traffic flows to the North Coast/Portrush. I am/was probably thinking of Organic garden Pods.(aka a snobbish Wendy House) Simply because; "One" would NOT wish to risk ones childrens welfare playing in a wendy house made from nasty toxic:001_rolleyes: treated timber. m

Are you carrying student Debt? Do you run a credit card, and roll the debt forward? Is your car on finance? Have you itimized each working week and non working weekend, EXACTLY where the money goes. What are you prepared to do WITHOUT to move forward? As a single man you have the luxury of living in digs/a single room/caravan/sleeping beneath the stars, and working all the hours under the Sun, plus chasing high earning work where ever it be located. Us happily married men do not have these freedoms. regards, Marcus

Steve, Thanks, as they do say, a pitcure is worth a 1000 words. Your 2 neatly summed it up for me. And yes I was reckoning a new set is stonking good value, when compared to a "fresh" second hand genset, with an uncertain provenance. And yes realistically about 5k +VAT(2nd hand) PS Ebay actually more useful for the links it provides back to reputable outfits, imho. I was offered a 6cyl Iveco openset with 4800 hours on the clock, by Macgen. Described to me as having 4000hrs and unfortunately ( I think) resprayed. For £4000.00 + VAT. I declined, but actually (and very strangly for me) established a certain rapport with the salesman, simply because I had by big black dote of a rescue Rottaador with me. We talked dogs after I looked at and declined their overpriced? offering. So fingers crossed be able to do business yet. At least they are only 15 mile away. cheers m

Gulp! So am I Jonothan, after the day spent yesterday clearing rubbish, I was wishing I hadda bought a 600/700 series Avant with a 4in1 bucket or log grab instead:lol: cheers m

Parts available for Gardiners too, per a couple of links I saw and clicked on somewhere(might even have been via Wikipedia?) Was that the gardiner powered genset on ebay, plumbed off a large static diesel tank if I recall the advert. tempting, due to the revered Gardiner engine, but I wisnay brave enough. Anyway, due to my absolute zero 3ph exp/knowledge. I need a set with a reasonably modern and fully functioning control panel. I imagine. PS Awaiting del of mill, Mon or Tue. Almost got the site cleared of 5 years accumulation of scrap timber and other rubbish. After a day spent fettling my dog-rough tractor forklift. PPS Steve, where do all those sensible priced gensets go/dissappear to, all I seem to be able to find is high hours or wildly optimistically priced stuff. OR!! The Paxman(who were bought over by MAN) engined Ex BT set running at 1000rpm, oh dribble an drool, the SIZE of the alternator on that lump.

The Pathologist would have had fun with those remains!

Ask on the US Forestry Forum, where the Norwood HD36 seems to be a respected machine, no idea how it would stand up to commercial use though. Would prob have been better suited to my application than the Baker 3630E which I recently purchased, which converesly would be better suited to your app. regards Marcus ps see link http://www.forestryforum.com/

Feel for you Broonie, not much more to say. marcus ps having briefly googled the breed, not dissimilar to our bastard mastiff Max, in looks and temperment. He got the one way ticket about 6 weeks ago. m

********************** And the Consulting Engineers on that job, were, no, go on! lemme guess? Messers Heath & Robinson:lol: m

The gorse "stumps" and heavier branches also have an apparently wonderful "zig-zag" or wriggly grain structure/pattern. From my NI observations. But the small size is the limitation m

btw cizzer=cider m

A lifetime joiner I new a wheen o years ago developed a bad allergy to Iroko (I think it was) in his latter years. He said "I've been working with Iroko all my life and never been allergic" I merely said "exactly" i.e. meaning the lifetime exposure sensitised him to the dust. Was it Iroko? I still remember the pungent peppery smell anyway. m

My difficulty is defining a "decent" wage, and what %age of the workforce should be eligable to earn it. If by what I understand you to mean a decent wage, is one that allows for an affluent lifestyle. Not everyone can earn it. because then the essentially non-skilled /low paid jobs would become too well paid. So services would cost more as a result Which results in nett inflation. Simple economics at work. The underlying problem in all Societies is mostly everyone attempting to live beyond their means. Which became much easier with easy credit/credit cards, and the pernicious influence of television. regards, Marcus

Post 29, yes I did read it and effectively replied with my post No31 Post No 33, I take it you meant Post No32. Depends by what you mean by "mates" and what methods they will use to achieve their essentially selfish ends, dos'nt i:001_huh:t Eggs? cheers M

Sorry I under stood you meant stop the "wood" I want to get off!

Right Eggs, I have read over this thread again, however briefly. Per your suggestion. What 2 questions did I not answer? regards, Marcus

ditto a new architect designed summer only tourist facility on the River Bann. An oil fired plant room that ud do the Enterprise proud=check Solar panels for peak summer domestic hot water(showers)=nope, nary the one FFS!